Tis the season, for BOXES! The boys love that the UPS or FEDEX trucks come almost everyday. They know it means new housing!

I think this picture is hilarious. Not really becoming of either one f the boys, but just the same really silly. Ezra thought he was hugging Cracker nicely....

If you read the post below about me being a snapdragon (or at least having snapdragon tendencies...), and you know me at all you know that yes, I do like to make people laugh. Apparently I've played all my cards. When we went to Denver a few weeks ago at a rest stop on the way back I stood on my head out side the restroom while my grandma was on her way out. She didn't look twice. This is very disappointing for someone like me, who likes a laugh.... Maybe some of you will appreciate it.

Not fantastic video, but you get that he's cute right? This is the first time ever that I've been alone with Wyatt. Ezra went with Ben to run some errands and have the masculine version of a date with dad. Wyatt looked for Ezra most of the evening..... They like each other a bit!

Kissin'

I've been reminded recently that I am capable of posting video~ so here you go! You've all been kissed by my Cracker. Did you like it as much as I do?

How do babies get so dirty so fast??? They don't really do much. Let me clarify, they never stop moving, but it's not like they are digging ditches or something...

Happy Pony!

Angardd is feeling much better, and was able to come home yesterday afternoon. He is still not 100% but seems to be recovering quickly. I have to give him shots twice a day for a few days, so he's not too thrilled to see me heading his way. Hopefully he'll continue to recover at the rate he is!

Here Cracker Cracker Cracker.....

I haven't posted much recently, and lots has happened. You'll all have to call for details, because I'd have carpel tunnel syndrome if I typed it all. I can talk all day!
My Wyatt no longer answers to "Wyatt". I call both boys by their full names all the time (not just when they're in trouble!), Ezra has started to pick up on this and calls Wyatt by his full name. It is kinda cute, and comes out all wrong. It's gone on for long enough now, and I thought it was cute enough that I started using Ezra's version as well. So say good bye to Wyatt Carter, and hello to Cracker. Seriously, he answers to it.

Sick Sick Pony

So from the pictures below you can probably guess that Angardd isn't feeling well... He's been at the vet since Wednesday, and it's not looking great for him. We've sent blood work to the lab and ought to know something tomorrow. Hopefully it will be good news. If it isn't one thing it's another huh?

Finally!!!

So it's been way too long since I've posted, and a little bit has happened.

The boys played at the barn, and look kinda cute. I went to Denver with my family for my granddad's funeral. I know, we look a little happy for a funeral, but I was so excited to see my mom and dad!!!

Happy December 1st! It's been snowing all day, and if you know me at all you know that this makes me VERY happy!

I am a Snapdragon What Flower Are You?

Alicia has this on her blog, and I thought it was pretty cute. Here is what they had to say about me~

Mischief is your middle name, but your first is friend. You are quite the prankster that loves to make other people laugh."

As is typical, I jumped the gun posting anything. I wish I could say that my granddad snapped out of it and went skipping out the door... That is not the case. I did not make it to Polson as of yet. The boys both woke up with the stomach flu Wednesday, so I stayed home to take care of them. My granddad passed away early this morning in his sleep. It is obviously not unexpected, but still very hard.
There are no concrete plans for services at this point. Everyone has been great about helping however they can. I appreciate every ones prayers...

The oldest and youngest men in the family. My grandad, Frank, and my Wyatt. I wanted to let everyone know that I am headed for Polson Montana in the morning. My Grandad is in the hospital, and not doing well at all. There is bleeding in his brain, and it does not seem to be stopping. At this point the cause is unknown. There is a good chance this will be my last visit with him. The timing is very good though, and at the same time there is no good timing for something like this. The up side to it is that Ben had planned on taking time off while his parents were here visiting this weekend, that means he can take care of the boys and they don't have to spend a bunch of time in the car and a hospital room. You see a down side too~ I'll be gone when Eric and Susan get here. I'm hoping to be back Saturday, but in a case like this everything is a little unpredictable.
I guess the main purpose of this post is to ask for prayer. It's all a little hectic at the moment, but there's a plan for everything.

I talked to my brother today for the first time in a while. Usually we talk every day, but he's been out of town on a job. In our conversation the fact that he'd seen our little blog here and thought my boys were adorable came up. As did the fact that I must have done something impressive to have broken a shock in two on my new(ish) pickup. I set the record straight there, and thought I ought to do the same for you all. I did not break the truck, it came that way. I know... Who buys a broken truck??? Us. It is the kind of thing that is beautiful in a redneck's eyes, and doesn't come with a payment.

With the help of my mother in law, I'm loosing sister in law points I'm sure.

This is Amy, being very sexy...
Andrea being kinda scary.
Ben, as we all know him.
Meredith is kinda classy even in costume.

The pictures are really tiny because my partner in crime had to scan them to get them to me, but I think every one gets the idea... We are all dork fish.

On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!

He's a little unsteady, but very enthusiastic!

I'm probably in trouble for not posting sooner... Wyatt walks. It was a little bit of a surprise to me too. Apparently while the boys play downstairs Ezra teaches Wyatt things. Like walking.... I popped my head in his room one day to see them walking together. It looks like they are dancing, and being the mom I think it's very sweet.

P.s. They do wear clothes sometimes.

I think I've forgotten to post about the new truck before now. It's only new to me. It is a 1990 F-350 Crew Cab Long Box. There is less paint than dirt, and most things are broken. Don't worry, we didn't loose our shirts on this deal. I love the truck. It isn't fancy (not even a cassette deck!) and has no payment! We knew it was going to need lots of work when we got it, but it's the kind of stuff that is pretty easy.

So yesterday was our first opportunity to really dig around under it, and Ben was kind enough to let me do a bunch of stuff. Like replacing the shocks and then rewiring it so I can pull a trailer this weekend.

All that said, here is the new pickup. with me under it.One of the old shocks. It was broken in two under the pickup...

The wiring was a mess when we first got after it. There weren't even brake lights... So, we tore a bunch of stuff out and put a lot less baling wire back in.

Daddy's Boy

This is how Wyatt spends his afternoons/evenings if Ben is home. He is perfectly content to just sit with him. It makes me a little jealous, but what am I going to do about it? They have the same tired eyes....

I'd just like to say that you all are so lucky to have this little blog to entertain you. I may have mentioned this a while back-like a year ago- I'm soooo not computer literate. This said, the reason for the stolen picture of the ipod-- I had an ipod, it also came into the picture about a year ago. (actually it was Bens 'thanks for having my baby' present to me after Wyatt came home) When we moved to our nice place here, the neighbors apparently thought they should have it and not me. So, it got stolen when they got into my car one night. Ben knows how much I absolutely love music, so as an anniversary present he got me a new ipod. That was three weeks ago. It stopped working. Completely. It wouldn't do anything no matter what. Needless to say I was a bit sad... So I called Apple* to talk to their tech support, only to be informed that the battery was dead! That Can't Be! I've Plugged It In! Turns out, tech support was right! The nano has no problem being plugged into the port on the front of your tower, but the classic thinks its too good for that, and prefers the back. The darn thing won't charge off the other port.... So, to any of you getting an ipod, the classic has to get plugged into the back. Save yourself the embarrassment, and time, and just do it.
Again, back to the part about you're fortunate I keep this thing up, yeah. I was on hold with tech support for 25 minutes to get told to charge the thing. That's the extent of my computer smarts... I'm sure I'm required to say that the picture was used with permission of _______, and the 'just do it slogan was used with permission-but it wasn't. So, Apple makes ipods, and Nike says 'just do it'.

Wyatt is getting so big. As you can see below, he isn't really that much smaller than Ezra. They like to ride the horse together, but Ezra hasn't quite figured out that Wyatt can't climb on by himself. He tries to help...

The Ballots Are In

Well the poll is closed, and it looks like a tie between updating daily and bi-weekly. Results also show that I'm pathetic and only eleven people voted. Maybe if I can come up with something a little more interesting next time we'll get more participation from our little audience. Like I said, I'd be more than pleased to use your ideas!!!

Holy Moley!!!!!!!!!!!! After coming upstairs, and then posting about Burn Units and Rednecks, making Ben mad because I spent too long up here, I for got to tell you all that it is SNOWING!!!!! A significant amount, that looks like it may stick for a while! If you know me at all you know I LOVE SNOW!!!!! Always! Its just one of my childish traits...

You Might Be A RedNeck If....

Sophisticated people invest in stock portfolios. Rednecks invest in commemorative plates....

If you are at all familiar with Jeff Foxworthy, you've probably hear his bit about not giving rednecks money. They cannot be trusted. They buy commemorative plates. Like this one.

Obviously the folks who are running BNSF are rednecks. They had commemorative plates made for every employee who didn't get hurt last year..... Great incentive to practice all that safety training wouldn't you say? Who wouldn't want a plate, with a picture of a train on it?

The plate was promptly put back in it's original packaging and placed in a safe place. The garbage. Some dumpster diver will be thrilled to have a new plate.

Burn Unit

Since I'm a stellar mom and what-not, last weekend I was not in the kitchen with Ezra for oh, I'd say 4 minutes, and he got burned. He grabbed the coffee pot off the counter and blistered his little fingers. As I've mentioned before he gets a little dramatic when he's hurt. He sat on my lap and screamed bloody murder for almost an hour and a half. Let me tell you, that will wear on your nerves! Fortunately that was the end of it. The blisters wore off and hes back to his old silly self.
He is a little bit cute when he gets sad....

As you'll see when you look to the left of this post, I've added a poll. This is mostly to motivate Amy. I'm going to try to keep some kind of fun survey/poll on here, but that means you all will have to help me come up with fresh ideas!!!

Wyatt likes to play ball, and is getting pretty good at it.

Caught In The Act

Like I've mentioned before, Wyatt is getting to be quite the climber. He crawled from my bed to the nightstand, and was heading for the window.... I just love the look on his face! Yeah, you're busted!

Here is a little piece of a Saturday morning in our mad house. We rarely get dressed before nine, and the boys run around in their diapers. They like it that way.

Ben got Wyatt this little Buffalo for his birthday. It has Velcro on the inside, and unfolds to a pillow. Ezra thinks it is a horse all of a sudden, and has been riding it all morning. It's just a little comical to watch.

On another note, if you all have about 10 minutes and want to laugh at complete strangers, check out A&J's Wedding Dance on youtube. No, I don't know them either. I sort of stumbled onto the video, and have been chuckling ever since.

ATTENTION ALICIA!!!!!

Alicia~

I searched high and low for a cute self portrait. THERE ARE NONE. It is officially a skill, which I happen to lack! This is the only thing even remotely close I could come up with! I'm still a goober!

Love Ya!

I've been told I treat my kids like circus seals.... This is Wyatt's 'Surprise!!!' face. It's WAY cuter in person, when you get to see him stick his tongue out and then the the 'Embarrassed' face.......

I don't remember what Ezra was trying to tell me here, but he was pretty cute doing it.
He likes this container, and drags it around telling me it's his "Daddy Truck." He goes to work, and agrees to bring me bags of money..... He got a little excited and got bucked off -or out- of his truck right after I took this picture.
He knows to get right back on though! Maybe a little more carefully this time though...

Broken Hearted Feelings

Wyatt's little heart get broken easily... I think I told him not to unplug the vacuum right before I took this, and those of you who know me know I didn't scream it at him. Hes very sensitive. His heart is so fragile, it makes mine break.

This video isn't that great, I just love at the beginning when Ezra blinks in time with the music..... and laughs about it. That's him. He is so silly. He's also very cute.

Breakfast at our house usually includes a wide variety of music, so this is a pretty accurate example of how our mornings start. I spent a long time trying to get video of the boys dancing to post on here, with not much success. Wyatt is getting more and more difficult to catch dancing, because he likes the camera so well. I'll get a chunk on here anyway, even though I don't think it does the little guy justice.

This was just a kinda fun evening out at the barn. Debbie was helping Craig rope, and offered the boys a ride!

This has been a busy month. As you can probably tell by the lack of posting! Here are just a few random pictures of the boys.
Wyatt loves to give kisses!!!
He won't quite walk yet. He's close, but you know what they say- horseshoes and hand grenades... Ezra wasa taking care of Wyatt...

When Pigs Fly

Wyatt has become quite the little climber lately. (I use the term 'little' loosely) He's just so sweet...

It's been a while since I posted about the weather here. It's been consistently sweltering until recently. Last Friday was sunny and 90. Saturday was a very pleasant 75, and Sunday was 40 and overcast. It felt like Fall. We enjoyed the little break from the heat, enough to take the A/C unit out of the window. That may have been a mistake, because by Tuesday it was back up in the 90's. As I was telling Ben that maybe we should think about bringing the A/C back, the weather came on the TV and said that they are calling for snow today. Yep, SNOW. IN SEPTEMBER. Let's just say that people around here don't use the term 'When Hell freezes over' because it just might!

Urban Cowboy...

Ezra likes to talk on the phone, as many of you know, and have received phone calls from him. He's learned the art of imitation, and now wanders around the house while he's on the phone. The other day he was talking to my mom, and she must have asked if we'd gone to see my horse, because he ran right over to ride the rocking horse while babbling away at her about it. I'm sure she had no idea what he was saying.....

Happy Labor Day!

We spent our Labor Day weekend with Debbie Mader and her folks, Dick and Dorothy, at her cabin in the Big Horn National Forest. We didn't stay up there at night, so we can't call it camping. We came back and did the chores at the barn at night, and in the morning before we headed back up to the mountains. The boys absolutely loved the freedom. They ran, or crawled, to their hearts content. The girls in the picture are Jacie, Debbie's niece, and her friend Jessica. Both girls had lots of fun with the boys too.
We're hoping to go back again soon!!!

This is just some of the scenery around the cabin. This little creek has Rainbow Trout and Brook Trout.
Just another view. Of my sunburn...
Yet another rock I climbed. Look at how blue the sky is!

This is Debbie's dad, Dick. This looks like the way every one's retirement should be spent. This in Ben and Debbie. Like I said, Wyatt isn't scared of Brodie any more!
Debbie and her mom, Dorothy, doing some dinner dishes by lamp light.
Dick was a pretty big hit with Ezra. He was rocking him in this chair, and every now and then, would 'buck him off'.
Wyatt was very tired about the time we were packing up to come home. Look how dirty that kid is!!!